Back in June, the staff at Mexico Point Park thought they’d never see “Hoover” again.
“I didn’t think it would happen. But, two boys saw Hoover on a lawn (in a nearby town),” Sandra Scott of Mexico Point Park said. “The owner said his son gave it to him. He said he found it in a storage locker.”
This year’s edition of Super Dirt Week will look significantly different for dirt race fans while for Oswego Speedway their facility will have a new makeover. It is less than 80 days to the beginning of Super Dirt Week and the process is well under way. Sitting down with World Racing Group Director of Events Jeff Hachmann at the site of this year’s event, he explained how SDW got to where it is. “In novice terms, wood chips will be put down to keep moisture and then 12-15 inches of clay will go down. We will water, roll and till the track just like a gardener would. There will be 600 loads of clay going down,” he said of transforming the Steel Palace into a dirt track once again.
On Sunday (July 17), at approximately 12:27 p.m., State Police stopped an unregistered vehicle on State Route 481 in the town of Volney. Investigation at the scene revealed the vehicle allegedly contained heroin, cocaine, hypodermic needles, open containers, and alprazolam and clonazepam pills.
On Saturday (July 16), at 11:19 a.m., Shane P. Haynes, 46, of 2284 County Route 37, Bldg. 95, Mallory, was arrested for first-degree sex abuse, a class D felony; first-degree criminal sex act, a class B felony; first-degree sexual conduct against a child, a class B felony; and endangering the welfare of a child, a class A misdemeanor.
Nearly 200 years after his death, a Revolutionary War soldier was honored with a gravesite marker and wreaths in a small rural cemetery during Independence Day weekend July 3. The ceremony honoring veteran Elias Cady was organized by the Syracuse Chapter of the National Society of Sons of the American Revolution.
At its July meeting, the Oswego County Legislature adopted Local law No. 3. The law regulates secondhand dealers regarding the sale and purchase of secondhand articles within the county of Oswego. It will help police in their efforts to locate stolen property that criminals attempt to sell at secondhand businesses. It takes effect August 1.
The Oswego County Health Department reported today (July 15) that a bat in the town of Constantia has tested positive for rabies. “The rabies virus is active across Oswego County this summer,” said Jiancheng Huang, Oswego County Public Health Director.
Governor Andrew Cuomo made a trip to Oswego (July 14) to formally announce the city’s status as a Downtown Revitalization Initiative funding winner in the Central New York region. As a winner of this funding, Oswego will receive ten million dollars to use as means to revamp the downtown area of the city, one of ten overall winners out of 122 total applications throughout each region of the state. Mayor of Oswego, William Barlow Jr., referred to as “one of the youngest, but also one of the best in the state” by Governor Cuomo, was prideful of the application the city had developed and was overjoyed it had been selected.
This project was announced during last year’s Central New York “Capital for a Day” as one piece of a comprehensive 47-point plan to advance Central New York through investments in infrastructure, housing and higher education. “Route 104 in Oswego County is a critically important commerce route in Central New York, connecting Interstate 81 with rail and port facilities, farming communities and SUNY Oswego,” Governor Cuomo said. The work will take place over two construction seasons and is expected to be completed by the end of 2017.
Cuomo announced during a visit to Oswego today (July 14) that the Super DIRT Week racing event intends to be held at Oswego Speedway this year.
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